Don Q speaks to crowds and empty rooms

Don Q told crowd after crowd what he saw, and they saw what he said he saw. As he kept speaking and speaking, the crowds thinned out until the rooms were empty, but he kept speaking to the crowd he still saw before him. The former members of the crowd had left, but they kept seeing what he said he saw, and they told others about what they saw that he said he saw, until half the people saw what others said they saw that he said he saw. Meanwhile, Don Q left an empty room, went outside, and was followed by the crowds that saw what he said he saw. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 15 November 2024)